William Perry Pendley

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Dems question Trump official on lands, Native Americans

By DAN ELLIOTT - Associated Press

The Latest: Next US lands director will be based in Colorado

Associated Press

Agency boss: Past support for US land sales is ‘irrelevant’

By MATTHEW BROWN - Associated Press

William Perry Pendley is the deputy director of the Bureau of Land Management. (Department of the Interior photograph)

William Perry Pendley, ‘sagebrush rebel,’ embraces role heading BLM

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2018 file photo, emigrant Peak is seen rising above the Paradise Valley and the Yellowstone River near Emigrant, Mont. The Trump administration has put a conservative advocate who argues for selling off the nation’s public lands in charge of the nation’s 250 million public acres. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt on Monday signed an order making William Perry Pendley acting head of the Bureau of Land Management, putting the lawyer and Wyoming native in charge of public lands and their resources. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

Opponent of nation’s public lands is picked to oversee them

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and BRADY McCOMBS - Associated Press

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke took a close look at Bears Ears National Monument in May and recommended last month that President Trump reduce the size of the designation. Such a move is hardly unprecedented. (Associated Press/File)

Bears Ears monument changes have precedent

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Sagebrush Rebel’

By Reviewed by Peter Hannaford